According to the recently published Kaspersky
Security Bulletin 2012, 99% of newly discovered mobile malicious
programs target the Android platform, with a very small amount targeting
Java- and Symbian-based smartphones. 2012 was the second year to show
explosive growth in Android malware. From a negligible eight new unique
malicious programs in January 2011, the average monthly discovery rate
for new Android malware in 2011 went up to more than 800 samples. In
2012 Kaspersky Lab identified an average of 6300 new mobile malware
samples every month. Overall, in 2012 the number of known malicious
samples for Android increased more than eight times...
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